2. Sperm-zona interaction and recombinant DNA technology

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 646-650

  Chapman, Neil R ^a,b   Barratt, Christopher L R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plasmid; Recombinant ZP2; Recombinant ZP3; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLONING; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, ORGANISM; CONTRACEPTION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031196031     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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